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Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town

The Broadway smash of 1953 comes to the small screen.

19586.61h 53m

Overview

Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.

Directed by Mel Ferber
Written by Jerome Chodorov, Ruth McKenney, Joseph Fields
Produced by Robert Fryer
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Top Cast

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Ruth Sherwood

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin

Robert Baker

Jacquelyn McKeever

Jacquelyn McKeever

Eileen Sherwood

Joseph Buloff

Joseph Buloff

Mr. Appopolous

Dort Clark

Dort Clark

Chick Clark

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Jordan Bentley

Wreck

C

Cris Alexander

Frank Lippencott

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Michele Burke

Helen Wade

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Jack Fletcher

Night Club Patron

Ted Beniades

Ted Beniades

'Speedy' Valenti

Themes & Keywords

new york citymusicalbased on play or musicalohiolive broadcastbroadway musicalgreenwich villagebohemians

About Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town is a music, comedy, romance, tv movie film released in 1958 exploring themes of new york city, musical, based on play or musical, ohio, live broadcast, broadway musical. Directed by Mel Ferber, it stars Rosalind Russell, Sydney Chaplin, Jacquelyn McKeever. Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.

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